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NewsDecember 3, 2009

Consolidations Among Tech Companies Are Here to Stay

Acquisitions of transportation technology companies seem to be commonplace these days, as the economic environment leaves some companies with no choice, while others want to keep up with the advancing of technology. News of consolidations have been frequent over the last few years. In February 2008, Xata Corp. bought GeoLogic Solutions. In March of this year, Descartes Systems Group acquired privately-held Scancode Systems. In April, McLeod Software announced the purchase of iLEN

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NewsDecember 3, 2009

New TPMS Certification Focuses on Fleets

TPMS 2.0 has created a new standard for certifying commercial tire pressure monitoring solutions that is more fleet centric

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NewsDecember 2, 2009

Hino Trucks Reaches 25-Year Milestone in the U.S.

Hino Trucks is celebrating its 25th year making commercial trucks in the U.S., having introduced its first cab over engine medium-duty truck to the U.S. market in 198

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NewsDecember 2, 2009

Teamsters Hope to Unionize Canada's Challenger

The Teamsters Union has moved to unionize workers within the Canadian-based Challenger Group, which includes Challenger Motor Freight, Elgin Motor Freight and Lodwick Transport, after receiving numerous phone calls from Challenger employee

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NewsDecember 2, 2009

Navistar Inks Joint Venture With Modec to Build Electric Trucks

Navistar International Corporation and U.K.-based Modec Limited have formed a joint venture to produce Class 2c-3 all-electric commercial trucks, which will be sold in North, Central and South America

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NewsDecember 2, 2009

Betancourt Launches Fuel Management Venture

Following yesterday's announcement that Innovative Computing Corporation would be acquired by TMW Systems, Ernie Betancourt, former president of ICC, is launching QuikQ, a new company that will bring a fuel management tool to the trucking industry

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Articlesby Tom BergDecember 2, 2009

Interior Lighting? Think LEDs

Daylight's great for as long as it lasts, and then we switch on electric lights. But for lighting up the insides of trailers, forget old-fashioned incandescent and even late-model fluorescent types

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NewsDecember 2, 2009

Industry Opinion Turns Soft on Transportation Insurance Market

Despite signs that transportation insurance rates were leveling off last quarter, the industry indicated that rates have been down across the board with intensifying competitio

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NewsDecember 1, 2009

Trailer Orders Gain 80 Percent From September

Net orders for commercial trailers jumped 80 percent from September to October, a 124 percent boost from October 200

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NewsDecember 1, 2009

SAF-Holland Restructures Credit Agreement With Banks

Through a recent agreement with its banks, SAF-Holland managed to restructure and extend its existing $476.9 million credit line until 2014

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